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ἑλετός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑλετός ἑλετή ἑλετόν

Structure: ἑλετ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e(lei=n

Sense

  1. that can be taken or caught

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἑλετός ἑλετή ἑλετόν
Genitive ἑλετοῦ ἑλετῆς ἑλετοῦ
Dative ἑλετῷ ἑλετῇ ἑλετῷ
Accusative ἑλετόν ἑλετήν ἑλετόν
Vocative ἑλετέ ἑλετή ἑλετόν
DualN/A/V ἑλετώ ἑλετᾱ́ ἑλετώ
G/D ἑλετοῖν ἑλεταῖν ἑλετοῖν
PluralNominative ἑλετοί ἑλεταί ἑλετά
Genitive ἑλετῶν ἑλετῶν ἑλετῶν
Dative ἑλετοῖς ἑλεταῖς ἑλετοῖς
Accusative ἑλετούς ἑλετᾱ́ς ἑλετά
Vocative ἑλετοί ἑλεταί ἑλετά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἑλετός ἑλετοῦ ἑλετώτερος ἑλετωτεροῦ ἑλετώτατος ἑλετωτατοῦ
Adverb ἑλετώς ἑλετώτερον ἑλετώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "καί ἀνδρὸσ δὲ ψυχὴ πάλιν ἐλθεῖν οὔτε λεϊστὴ οὔτε ἑλετή, ἐπεὶ ἄρ κεν ἀμείψεται ἑρ́κοσ ὀδόντων. (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 2612)
  • ληϊστοὶ μὲν γάρ τε βόεσ καὶ ἴφια μῆλα, κτητοὶ δὲ τρίποδέσ τε καὶ ἵππων ξανθὰ κάρηνα, ἀνδρὸσ δὲ ψυχὴ πάλιν ἐλθεῖν οὔτε λεϊστὴ οὔθ’ ἑλετή, ἐπεὶ ἄρ κεν ἀμείψεται ἑρ́κοσ ὀδόντων. (Homer, Iliad, Book 9 23:17)

Synonyms

  1. that can be taken or caught

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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